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I think the value ETB of Cultivator is strongest. I think Spiral and Moment complement each other very well. Some sort of GU Flash control where you can Leak/Spiral or Mystic Snake/Moment sounds cool. Counter them or ramp into your finishers. I've been intrigued with this idea lately for GU as...

giver of runes Does this scale well to a lower power level? Seems like it's a nuisance until it gets removed, but maybe that isn't so bad?

Oust is stronger than it appears. If you hit an early threat like a 2/1 or an elf or something, it's rather out of place by the time it comes back. If you hit something bigger, you get a mana advantage. I'll agree that Sunlance is very good, as well, and may be better suited to the role of...

Lightning Bolt > Onslaught nostalgia > M12 modern border > Stronghold best art > Mystical looks great but feels out of place to me > 7th looks kind of bad > Aether has a stupid look on his face and isn't actively shocking anything

Old post of yours, as I went through the thread, but do you think you could resdesign a format like this for a casual playgroup? I've been wondering this lately for my own cube, as this sounds similar to my playgroup. I often feel like all the graveyard tricks and interactions are probably too...

There's several blue variants, as well. Run those plus token makers or manlands and 1-2 large creatures for a fun cheat deck.

WB UR BG RW GU :p I like that WotC is cashing in and directly selling us a set of shocks. Will surely be profitable. Some of those suckers are priceyyy.

You're going to leave for a few years soon, anyways.

When I had 1cmc ramp creatures and an abundance of 2cmc ramp spells, everyone in my group played ramp into 4 mana 5/5 all the time. Didn't like how it panned out. Currently no 1cmc ramp creatures and just a few 2cmc spells with my 4 drops being a bit neutered, just in case. Dryad of Masks...

I'd been looking at Vengevine but was nervous about it. That's good to hear. I'll give it a whirl.

What about buried alive?

Right. Which could very well lead us to the conclusion it's a borderline staple in any cube with Bx yard. I sometimes think that about Demonic Tutor, as well. It scales to your power level and provides some consistency. Similar to Entomb, it's pretty pricey for a card I don't already own. 50+ USD.

That guy and Daemogoth Woe-Eater, along with a tip from Inscho to try Scuttling Doom Engine+Heart-Piercer Manticore has me excited. This was actually a good reminder to scryfall for some power-matters type cards.

True. It isn't card disadvantage to Flashback a 4/4 Beast for 2BGGGG, but if you're going to consider Entomb worthwhile at that point, then the thread's conclusion is that Entomb is basically a staple. Which could be correct.

I'm perusing your list for ideas. How are: extractor demon zombie infestation squee, goblin nabob dismissive pyromancer mother bear genesis multani, yavimaya's avatar ashiok, dream render molten-tail masticore bag of holding mimic vat mindslaver ? Some cards I was genuinely curious about...

goblin engineer mythos of brokkos I agree that we're thinking too small. Huge reanimator threat is the classic. Anything other than that needs to recover the card disadvantage, like the Escape Titans, or make up for it in tempo potential, like Vengevine. I also like the Flashback reanimation...

I'm so used to breezing through effects that I'd never notice something like that. Choose... Ok, Entwine... Return... permanent... graveyard... Command zone... Got it.

Yeah, they're pretty different, it was just the closest power level comparison I could get. Boggers definitely outshines Spore Mound, for example. Both of them feel a bit removal checky, with Boggers probably being the worse offender because the threat is usually more immediate. Boggers could...

I'd imagine it's better because the worst case scenario is better than those, a 5/5 trampler for 5. The average to best case scenario is on par with those two, a huge attack. It does lose out on the immediacy that Overrun (or 11 mana Kamahl) offers. It feels like the beast fits into more...

I actually really like this guy, but my players don't know what Food tokens are... Life gain support AND payoff, with a real cost. I like that he isn't evasive, making it harder to utilize his own lifelink to crank out Demons. I though this was the strangest grave hate I'd ever seen, but...